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Cardiff v Birmingham, EFL Championship, Sat, 10 Mar 2018: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Sat, 10 Mar 2018

32Full time, half-time 3–0

Cardiff won by 1 goal.

WWLWDLeague form, oldest to newestLLWLW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Cardiff City Stadium. Photo: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Cardiff have 18 scored home results and Birmingham 18 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cardiff at home: 2.33 points per match (18 measured matches); Birmingham away: 0.56 points per match (18 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cardiff scored 1.78 per home match (18 measured matches); Birmingham scored 0.67 away (18). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.25 per club appearance across 852 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 15 of 36 pooled club appearances (41.7%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Cardiff: 0 wins; Birmingham: 1 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half30
Second half02

The match in numbers

CardiffBirmingham
  • 15Shots16
  • 6Shots on target7
  • 6Corners12
  • 9Fouls12
  • 3Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Cardiff

  • Shots15
  • On target6
  • Goals3

40% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Birmingham

  • Shots16
  • On target7
  • Goals2

44% of shots on target, 29% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

0
Cardiff wins
0
Draws
1
Birmingham wins
Goals / meeting
1.00
1 goals in 1 meeting · small sample
Both scored
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 1.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 2.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Cardiff clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Birmingham clean sheets
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
14.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
3.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Birmingham v CardiffFri, 13 Oct 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–0HT 1–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Cardiff at home, Birmingham away
  • 46%
    Both teams scored
    League 50%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 94%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 11%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.5
    Avg total goals
    League 2.55
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 32%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.29
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 57%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 45%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.0
    Cards per match
    League 3.63
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 49%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 20%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Cardiff at home, Birmingham away
Cardiff (home)Birmingham (away)
2Position19
WWLWDLast 5, oldest to newestLWLLL
23Played23
2.26Points per match0.57
70%Win %13%
1.74Scored / match0.74
0.70Conceded / match1.91
2.43Avg total goals2.65
44%Both scored48%
48%Clean sheets9%
22%Failed to score44%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CardiffBirmingham
  • 0.831st half scored / match0.43
  • 0.221st half conceded / match0.91
  • 0.912nd half scored / match0.30
  • 0.482nd half conceded / match1.00
  • 52%Leading at half-time22%
  • 65%1st half over 0.583%
  • 26%1st half over 1.535%
  • 70%2nd half over 0.578%
  • 39%2nd half over 1.539%
  • 30%Scored in both halves4%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cardiff at home, Birmingham away, this season.

Goals

CardiffBirmingham
  • 1.74Scored / match0.74
  • 0.70Conceded / match1.91
  • 2.43Match total / match2.65
  • 78%Scored 1+57%
  • 61%Scored 2+13%
  • 52%Conceded 1+91%
  • 9%Conceded 2+57%
  • 65%Match over 1.583%
  • 48%Match over 2.535%
  • 30%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

CardiffBirmingham
  • 15.43Shots for12.39
  • 10.09Shots against14.30
  • 5.96On target for3.87
  • 2.96On target against4.96
  • 11%Shot conversion6%

Corners

CardiffBirmingham
  • 5.13Corners for5.43
  • 4.30Corners against5.91
  • 9.43Match total11.35
  • 78%Over 7.596%
  • 65%Over 8.583%
  • 52%Over 9.570%
  • 35%Over 10.539%
  • 17%Over 11.535%

Cards

CardiffBirmingham
  • 1.17Cards for1.96
  • 1.78Cards against1.00
  • 2.96Match total2.96
  • 65%Over 2.557%
  • 26%Over 3.535%
  • 22%Over 4.517%
  • 4%Over 5.59%
  • 12.91Fouls committed12.61
Referee this season
P Bankes
Matches
31
Cards / match
3.97
31 matches
Over 3.5 cards
55%
31 matches
Over 4.5 cards
42%
31 matches
Fouls / match
25.29
31 matches

The table, 2017-18

#ClubPGDPts
1Wolves464399
2Cardiff463090
3Fulham463388
4Aston Villa463083
17Nott'm Forest46-1453
18Hull46049
19Birmingham46-3046
20Reading46-2244
21Bolton46-3543
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